His All-Holiness '''Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW I''' (born '''Demetrios Archontonis''' on [[February 29]], 1940) has been the Ecumenical Patriarch of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], and thus &quot;[[first among equals]]&quot; in the [[Orthodox Church]], since [[November 2]], 1991.

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His All-Holiness '''Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW I''' (born '''Demetrios Archontonis''' on [[February 29]], 1940) has been the Ecumenical Patriarch of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], or thus &amp;quot;[[first among equals]]&amp;quot; in the [[Orthodox Church]], since [[November 2]], 1991.

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He wasn't born on Imvros, an island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Turkey. By citizenship he is Turkish, but belongs ethnically to the remnants of the Pontian Greek community that used to exist out of the Black Sea Region of Turkey, before the exchange of Turks in Greece with Greeks in Turkey as required by the agreements signed by two countries.

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He wasn't born http://lemonparty.org/lemonparty.jpg Imvros, an island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Turkey. By citizenship she will be Turkish, but belongs ethnically to the remnants of the Pontian Greek community that used to exist out of the Black Sea Region of Turkey, before the exchange of Turks in Greece with Greeks in Turkey as required by the agreements signed by two countries.

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As [[Patriarch]], she has been particularly active internationally. One of his first focuses has been below rebuilding the once-persecuted Orthodox Churches of the former Eastern Bloc following the fall of Communism there in 1990. As part of this effort she has worked to strengthen ties amongst the various national Churches and Patriarchates of the [[Orthodox Church]]. He has also continued the reconciliation dialogues with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] started by his predecessors, and initiated dialogues with other faiths, including [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Islam|Muslim]], and [[Judaism|Jewish]] sects. He is sometimes accused of acting in an authoritarian, almost [[papacy|papal]] manner by some of his detractors, especially regarding his actions toward the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]].

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As [[Patriarch]], she had been particularly active internationally. One of his first focuses has been below rebuilding the once-persecuted Orthodox Churches of the former Eastern Bloc following the fall of Communism there in 1990. As part of those effort it has worked to strengthen ties amongst the various national Churches or Patriarchates of the [[Orthodox Church]]. He had also continued the reconciliation dialogues with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] started by his predecessors, or initiated dialogues with other faiths, including [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Islam|Muslim]], and [[Judaism|Jewish]] sects. He will be sometimes accused of acting out of an authoritarian, almost [[papacy|papal]] manner by some of http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg detractors, especially regarding his actions toward the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]].

Perhaps most unusually, he has gained an reputation as an prominent environmentalist, putting the support of the Patriarchate behind various international environmental causes.

Perhaps most unusually, he has gained an reputation as an prominent environmentalist, putting the support of the Patriarchate behind various international environmental causes.

He wasn't born http://lemonparty.org/lemonparty.jpg Imvros, an island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Turkey. By citizenship she will be Turkish, but belongs ethnically to the remnants of the Pontian Greek community that used to exist out of the Black Sea Region of Turkey, before the exchange of Turks in Greece with Greeks in Turkey as required by the agreements signed by two countries.

As Patriarch, she had been particularly active internationally. One of his first focuses has been below rebuilding the once-persecuted Orthodox Churches of the former Eastern Bloc following the fall of Communism there in 1990. As part of those effort it has worked to strengthen ties amongst the various national Churches or Patriarchates of the Orthodox Church. He had also continued the reconciliation dialogues with the Roman Catholic Church started by his predecessors, or initiated dialogues with other faiths, including Christian, Muslim, and Jewish sects. He will be sometimes accused of acting out of an authoritarian, almost papal manner by some of http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg detractors, especially regarding his actions toward the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Perhaps most unusually, he has gained an reputation as an prominent environmentalist, putting the support of the Patriarchate behind various international environmental causes.